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Ty Gibbs Wins ARCA Race at Gateway for Second Straight Year

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Ty Gibbs called his victory in the 2020 Dutch Boy 150 at World Wide Technology Raceway at Gateway amazing. He absolutely dominated the ARCA Menards Series race in Madison, IL on Saturday (Aug. 29). It was his sixth career ARCA win and fourth win of this season. Gibbs sat atop the leaderboard in the lone …

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Friday Faceoff: Should the Regular Season End at Daytona?

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What do you think of having the NASCAR Cup Series regular season ending at a superspeedway? Zach Gillispie: Superspeedways are equivalent to 2020, in a sense; both involve drama, chaos, and a whole lot of uncertainty.  While the events of the current calendar year have flipped the racing world upside down, the Daytona International Speedway regular-season …

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David Ragan Will Attempt Darlington Truck Race

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David Ragan will attempt to compete in the NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series race at Darlington Raceway, DGR-Crosley announced Aug. 27 Ragan will pilot the No. 17 Ford in the South Carolina Education Lottery 200 with primary sponsorship from Shriners Hospital for Children. “Darlington is such a historic track in our sport,” Ragan …

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Noah Gragson Returning to JR Motorsports in 2021

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Noah Gragson will return to the driver’s seat of the No. 9 JR Motorsports Chevrolet in the NASCAR Xfinity Series in 2021, JR Motorsports announced Aug. 27. The 22-year-old will reprise his role driving for the team for the third straight year. Crew chief Dave Elenz and sponsor Bass Pro Shops will remain with Gragson …

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Greg Biffle Driving Darlington Truck Race for GMS

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The NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series is returning to Darlington Raceway for the first time since 2011, and the 2000 series champion Greg Biffle will return for a one-off race with GMS Racing in the No. 24, GMS announced Aug. 27. Biffle will compete in the South Carolina Education Lottery 200, the penultimate …

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ARCA Preview: 2020 Dutch Boy 150 at Gateway

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World Wide Technology Raceway at Gateway is the site of the 13th race of the ARCA Menards Series season and the seventh race of the Sioux Chief Showdown, a mini-championship within the larger ARCA championship. The race will occur Saturday, Aug. 29, the day before the NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series also races …

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Austin Dillon Cleared to Return to Racing

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Austin Dillon will return to the wheel of the No. 3 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet this coming NASCAR Cup Series doubleheader at Dover International Speedway, he announced Aug. 20. Dillon tested positive for COVID-19 and missed the Cup race at the Daytona International Speedway road course. Dillon will start the first race of the doubleheader …

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Truckin’ Thursdays: Sheldon Creed’s Remarkable Improvement

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With 12 completed races and 11 to go this NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series season, the 2020 season is halfway complete. Compared to last year, the most improved driver is Sheldon Creed. In his second full-time season driving the No. 2 GMS Racing Chevrolet, the 22-year-old has already clinched his first career Truck …

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2-Headed Monster: Should the Daytona Road Course be on the Cup Series Schedule Permanently?

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Another weekend and another unprecedented event in NASCAR. This season, it seems that NASCAR is doing something new every week, and this past weekend at Daytona International Speedway was no different. Never in the history of NASCAR have any of its top three divisions raced on Daytona’s road course layout. This past weekend, it happened, …

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ARCA Realigns Madison Race to I-44 Speedway, Postpones DuQuoin

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The ARCA Menards Series has realigned its race from Madison International Speedway to I-44 Speedway, a 0.375-mile track in Lebanon, Mo., it announced Aug. 18. Additionally, ARCA is postponing the Labor Day weekend race at DuQuoin State Fairgrounds. The race at Madison was originally scheduled for Aug. 7. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, that race …

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